Parents Horrified by What Cops Do When 8-Year-Old Makes Innocent Dessert Comment

Police were called in to an elementary school in Collingswood, New Jersey, and questioned an 8-year-old boy before his parents were even notified all because another child accused him of making a racist comment.

He had been talking about the brownies being served at an end-of-year party, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

On June 16, the student the boy was talking to friends at William P. Tatem Elementary School who accused him of making a racist comment, after which the staff called local authorities.

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Can you imagine how angry you would be if someone in custody of your child called the police on you child without your knowledge?

The answer is: livid. Stacy dos Santos, the boy’s mother, was on the war path. Why would a child’s comment about brownies, be considered a law enforcement matter?

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“He said they were talking about brownies. Who exactly did he offend?” she asked the Inquirer.

She said that her son was “traumatized,” and few can blame him. She alleged that the officer treated him very harshly when he arrived.

“He was intimidated, obviously. There was a police officer with a gun in the holster talking to my son, saying, ‘Tell me what you said.’ He didn’t have anybody on his side,” she explained. “I’m not comfortable with the administration. I don’t trust them and neither does my child.”

The best part — this is not even close to the first time this has happened. According to the Inquirer, officials were told to report the little things “as minor as a simple name-calling incident that the school would typically handle internally.”

So these poor cops can have a break from their real jobs?

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In case you were wondering what the practical effects of a police state are, this is a pretty good taste. The police and the state are not responsible for raising our children. We are.